# Can I use private ftp folder for bedrock config?

**URL:** https://discourse.roots.io/t/can-i-use-private-ftp-folder-for-bedrock-config/7564
**Category:** bedrock
**Created:** 2016-09-05T12:51:43Z
**Posts:** 3

## Post 1 by @Twansparant — 2016-09-05T12:51:43Z

Hi there, quick question;

Since I don’t have full root access one level up my **public\_html** folder on a shared hosting, could I use the already existing **private** ftp folder to place my bedrock **config** & **vendor** files? It has **rwx** (700) permissions.

Thanks

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## Post 2 by @ben — 2016-09-05T14:04:25Z

Give it a shot and let us know

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## Post 3 by @Twansparant — 2016-09-05T14:20:11Z

> [@ben](#):
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> Give it a shot and let us know

Yeah sorry about that, I could have done that first obviously! I think it works!

With some tweaking of the `$root_dir` paths etc the server is able to read my **.env** file from my **private** folder. I can’t really test yet if there will be no errors in one of the **vendor** files, but it looks good so far!